Lucia Cantero

Assistant Professor

Lucia E. Cantero is a scholar interested in the politics of
visual culture, race and consumerism in urban Brazil, especially on
the cusp of mega-events. She is currently finishing her doctoral
work in the Department of Anthropology and African American Studies
at Yale University. Prior to that she received her Bachelors and
Masters in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Her
work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. She
just completed a year-long lectureship at the University of
Chicago.